New Schools Pinxton Derbyshire

The memorial stone of Pinxton schools, Derbyshire was laid on August 24^th. The ground plan comprises a school room 54 feet by 25 feet 6 inches, with classroom 15 feet by 15 feet, with two porches, affording accommodation for 200 children. The roofs are open with framed principals stained and varnished. The walls externally will be faced with common brick, relieved with bands of stock brick, also to arches of windows, weathering to buttresses etc. and internally with common bricks. The roofs will be covered with Welsh slates and red Staffordshire ridge tiles. The cost of the work, exclusive of the fittings and boundary walls is £550, which is being carried out by Mr John Bird, builder of Pinxton.

Reference    British Architect 17 September 1880 Page 135
Reference    Building News 17 September 1880 p341